HEATHER MICHELLE CAPPS SALTKILL
August 3, 2018
Heather Michelle Capps Saltkill, 41, Clinton, originally from Knoxville, went to be with Jesus Friday, Aug. 3, 2018.
Heather was a member of St. Mark United Methodist Church. When living in Chattanooga, she was Event Coordinator for the children’s program at Hickory Valley Christian Church.
She was a member of Future Homemakers of America at Rutledge High School where she graduated with honors in 1996. As a child she was involved with gymnastics, baton, clogging and baseball. She was a loving and devoted wife. She loved her sons with all of her heart and was a wonderful mother.
Heather was a beautiful woman, inside and out. She had a great sense of humor and touched many lives with her courage, strength and laughter. Everyone who met her loved her and she loved them in return.
Preceded by: Grandparents, PeeWee and Louise Cash, Fred and Helen Capps; father, Freddy Capps; sister, Kristi Capps; father and mother-in-law, Dale and Shirley Saltkill; uncle, Larry Cash.
She is survived by: Husband, Kevin Saltkill; sons, Austin and Alex Saltkill; mother, Janice Cash Capps; step-daughter, Amelia Aldridge; special aunt, Jan Morris; uncle, Jerry (Linda) Cash; aunt, Lisa (Nick) Estes; cousins, David, Steve (Rita) Cash, Russell Mink, Kayla (Victor) Hutchison, Emaleigh (Lee) Ragan.
Thanks to U.T. Hospice and Sherry Wilson. A very special thank you to Chaplain Ben Neal, for his love and compassionate care for Heather and our family.
Heather, you will be sorely missed but will continue to thrive in our hearts until we meet again. Now, walk with Jesus and dance with Kristi and Dad.
The family will receive friends from 5 – 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 6, 2018, in the Chapel of Holley-Gamble Funeral Home, Clinton. Funeral service will follow at 7 p.m. with Pastor Larry Woods and Chaplain Ben Neal officiating.
Family and friends will meet Tuesday August 7, 2018 at 10:45 a.m. at Grandview Memorial Gardens for interment at 11 a.m. with Pastor Dave Grant officiating.
Holley-Gamble Funeral Home, Clinton; www.holleygamble.com
PAUL JOSEPH BURKHARDT- HUNDLEY ‘P.J.’
August 2, 2018
P.J. loved his family and enjoyed any time he was able to be with them. He was a member of St. Mary’s Church in Augusta, Ga., and attended Aquanis High School. He enjoyed playing basketball and Karate.
P.J. had a special soul and was loved by many. He will be sorely missed not only by his family but by all the friends he had.
Paul was preceded in death by: Father, Jerome L. Hundley; uncles, Joseph Hundley, and Michael Clayborn.
Survivors: Wife, Kimberly Luce; children, Paul J. Golley of Warner Robins, Ga., Anthony Burkhardt-Hundley, Audeya Burkhardt-Hundley, Kailynn Burkhardt-Hundley, Peighton Burkhardt-Hundley, Porter Burkhardt-Hundley; stepdaughter, Kendell Miller (husband Torie) of Augusta Ga.; niece, Mikayla Hundley, Atlanta Ga.; brother, Jerome L. Hundley Jr. (Carissa) of Lenoir City; adopted brother, Alonso Parham of McCormick S.C.; sister, Jennifer Hundley; maternal grandparents, Dorothy Clayborn and Eugene Clayborn; paternal grandparents, James and Rita Hundley; living uncles and aunts, Steve Clayborn (Susan) of Grovetown Ga., Donald Clayborn (Evelyn) of Sweetwater, Mary Clayborn of Columbia, S.C., James Hundley of Springfield, Mass., and Pamela Hundley (Joel) of Agawam Mass.
Catholic Mass was held at 4 p.m. Monday, Aug. 4, 2018, at St. Therese Catholic Church in Clinton.
LONZIE PATTERSON
August 1, 2018
Lonzie Patterson, 91, Knoxville, passed away Wednesday morning, Aug 1, 2018, at his residence.
Lonzie was born on June 29, 1927, to Ottie and Leoman Carter Patterson in Oliver Springs.
In earlier years he worked as an electrical supervisor for Martin Marietta. Lonzie was a very hard worker and enjoyed traveling. He loved his church and was a member of Black Oak Heights Baptist Church.
He was preceded in death by: Parents; wife, Dorthy; and mother to his daughters, wife Rachel, and mother to his son; sisters, Virgie, Mary, and Margie; and brother, June.
His is survived by: Wife, Sue Patterson; two daughters, Patty Boyd and Diana (Louis) Booher; son, Steve Long; two stepdaughters, Dana Franklin and Taynia Thornton; two brothers, Jimmy Patterson and Buford Patterson; very special friends, Dale and Wanda Hobbs; and a host of friends and relatives.
Visitation was held from 5 – 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 3, 2018, with the funeral service beginning at 7 p.m., Pastor Todd Stinett and Pastor Robbie Leach officiated.
The graveside service was held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018.
All services are at Woodhaven Funeral Home & Memorial Gardens, 160 Edgemoor Road, Powell.
To share your thoughts and condolences please go to www.woodhavenfh.com.
Woodhaven Funeral Home & Memorial Gardens are honored to serve the Patterson Family.
STANTON ‘STAN’ THOMAS III
July 31, 2018
Stanton B. Thomas III, 93, Clinton, passed away Tuesday, July 31, 2018, at NCH of Oak Ridge.
Born July 1, 1925, on a farm near Guthrie, Ky., to Frances Carneal Thomas and S.B. Thomas Jr.
In 1933 the family left the farm when his father, with a civil engineering background from Purdue University, began work with the U.S. Geological Survey.
During the next two years the family moved six times while surveying the Appalachians through Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia. In 1935 they returned to Guthrie, Ky., the mother’s home.
In 1939 Stan began high school in Clarksville and remained there for three years being elected student body president for his senior year.
In 1942 the family moved to Columbia when his father, as construction supervisor built two Union Carbide plants.
The day following graduation at age 17, Stan enlisted in the U.S. Army in Nashville. For the next three and a half years, he served in the Army going ashore at Omaha Beach in August 1944 as part of Patton’s 3rdArmy. He remained in combat until evacuated and hospitalized in England in December, 1944. He was awarded a Bronze Star medal; combat Infantry Badge; two Bronze Battle Stars; and a Presidential Unit Citation for his combat duty.
Following two months hospitalization he was returned to France with SHAEF Headquarters, seeing duty in Versailles and Rheims, France, and Frankfurt, Germany, as the war ended.
Following discharge in May, 1946, he enrolled at the University of Tennessee in civil engineering and received his B.S. degree in December, 1950, during his tenure at UT he married the former Esther Hall of St. Albans, Vermont, and they had two sons, S.B. Thomas IV and Gary Hall Thomas.
Joining Union Carbide Corp. upon graduation the family lived in Clarksburg, W. Va., Columbia, and Lawrenceburg. They had three more sons during that period; Stephen L. Thomas of Lawrenceburg, Dr. Paul A. Thomas of Franklin, and Mark A. Thomas of Columbia.
Following retirement in 1983, Stan and Ester moved to Charlotte, N.C., and enjoyed three special years with his brother’s family hunting quail and attending UT ballgames.
In 1986 they returned to Tennessee to be closer to his aging parents in Columbia and bought a home in Clinton. It became the site of many family reunions and ballgame attending events.
In September, 1991, Ester succumbed to her long battle with cancer. Two years later, Stan married Gale Doughty, a successful Oak Ridge realtor and they began together in Clinton.
In the years that followed, Gale was converted to a loyal Vol fan and fisherman, as the couple attended all Vol football and basketball home games together.
Stan was very proud of his two wives and five sons and their accomplishments. His community contributions included tenures as both a Junior and Senior Worden at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Columbia, and four years’ service on the Clinton Utility Board.
At Stan’s request, there will be no services.
Holley-Gamble Funeral Home; www.holleygamble.com
MARY JO HATMAKER
July 31, 2018
Mary Jo Hatmaker, 83, Andersonville, passed away Tuesday, July 31, 2018, at the University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville.
Preceded in death by: Parents, Henry Harrison Ridenour Sr. and Goldie Beatrice Ridenour; brother, Mayo Ridenour; sisters, Lois “Tootsie” Lawson, Georgia Lee Conley; brother, H.H. Ridenour Jr; sisters, Dorothy Terry, Callie Mae Seiber; brother, James Clay Ridenour; children, Sammy Dale Hatmaker, Michael Edward Hatmaker, Myra Kay King, and Rita Fay Hensley.
She is survived by: Sister, Iva Ray Keeton; brothers, Benny Ridenour, Bishop Ridenour, and Larry Ridenour; daughter, Ann Hill and husband John; son, Ernie Charles Norton; grandkids, great-grandkids, great-great-grandkids, nieces, nephews and special friends.
The family received friends from 5 – 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 3, 2018, at Holley-Gamble Funeral Home. Services followed at 7 p.m., Larry Ridenour and David Seiber officiated.
Family and friends met at 11:45 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018, at Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church Cemetery for interment at noon.
Holley-Gamble Funeral Home, www.holleygamble.com
LINDA GOODMAN THOMASON
July 28, 2018
Linda Goodman Thomason, 70, Thompson Station, formerly of Lake City, passed away July 28, 2018.
She attended the University of Tennessee and was formerly the CEO at The Doug Jeffords Company. Linda was born to the late James Goodman and Thelma Terry Goodman.
She was also preceded in death by her husband, John Mack Thomason.
She leaves behind: Son, James McKinley (Laura) Thomason; daughter, Jessica Morgan Thomason; brother, Terry (Susan) Goodman; and her caretaker, James Edward Jobe.
Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018, at Williamson Memorial Funeral Home, with the Rev. Leonard Markham officiating.
Visitation was held two hours prior to services. Burial was at the family farm on Bear Creek Road.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association or Heifer International. Williamson Funeral Home, 615-794-2289. www.williamsonmemorial.com
SUSAN JEFFERS
July 28, 2018
Susan Jeffers, 72, Clinton, passed away Saturday, July 28, 2018, at Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge.
She loved her family, grandchildren and her cat, Bitsy. Susan also loved to read.
Susan was preceded in death by: Father, Loyd Caldwell; and sister, Kathy Caldwell McDougall.
Susan is survived by: Mother, Wanda Caldwell Bulger of Marietta, Ga.; husband, Benny Jeffers of Clinton; son, Scott Jeffers and wife Kristi of Kingsport; daughter, Lori Smith and husband Mack of Powell; brother, Michael Caldwell and wife Melanie of Norcross, Ga.; grandchildren, Jana Smith, Brad Jeffers, Adam Jeffers and Alex Jeffers; and a host of other relatives and friends.
Susan’s family will receive her friends from 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 31, 2018, in the chapel of Jones Mortuary.
Susan’s interment will follow her visitation at 3 p.m. at Oak Ridge Memorial Park in Oak Ridge.
Jones Mortuary in Clinton is in charge of all arrangements.
Condolences can be made to the family at www.jonesmortuaryllc.com
GENE EDWARD MURRAY
July 27, 2018
Gene Edward Murray went to be with his Lord and Savior peacefully at home July 27, 2018.
He was born to parents Ted and Sue Murray on May 1, 1957. He went to Oak Ridge High School. He received his Master’s in Safety from the University of Tennessee. He worked for TOSHA in Knoxville for 19 years as an industrial hygienist. He loved playing sports as a child and adult. He was an avid Green Bay Packers fan and avid bodybuilder which was his greatest pastime. His loud laughter made everyone else laugh and his friendliness will be missed by all. He was a member of Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church.
He was preceded in death by: Mother, Sue Murray; and mother-in-law Estella Melton
Gene leaves behind: Loving wife, Michelle Connie Melton Murray, they would have been married 28 years on Nov. 10, 2018; sister, Susan and husband Danny Phillips; brothers, Jerry and wife Cherry Murray, Adam Murray, John and wife Tina Murray; sisters-in-law, Cheryl and husband Lon Aslinger, Janice Wetherington, Evelyn Hutchison; great-nieces, Alexandra, Courtney, Sierra and Savannah; special great-nephew, Ace; several nieces and nephews.
The family will be receiving friends at Holley Gamble Funeral Home, Clinton chapel from 6 – 8 p.m. Tuesday, July 31, 2018, with funeral service at 8 p.m. with Pastor Garvan Walls officiating.
Interment will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018, at Mt. Pisgah Church Cemetery.
Holley Gamble Funeral Home is in charge of all arrangements.
www.holleygamble.com
